<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello, </div>I am trying to run virt-install on a Slackware based distro and I get errors when running with both --nodisk and with --disk </div><div>Obviously the /root/NimbleX-64-test.iso file is there but for some reason virt-install doesn't want to accept that. </div><div> </div>When running with --nodisk I get this error: nimblex:~# virt-install --name test --ram 512 --nodisks --cdrom NimbleX-64-test.iso -d [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (cli:220) Launched with command line: /usr/bin/virt-install --name test --ram 512 --nodisks --cdrom NimbleX-64-test.iso -d [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (cli:325) Requesting libvirt URI default [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (cli:327) Received libvirt URI qemu:///system [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (virt-install:259) Requesting virt method 'default', hv type 'default'. [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (virt-install:469) Received virt method 'hvm' [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (virt-install:470) Hypervisor name is 'kvm' [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (cli:934) DISPLAY is set: graphics defaulting to VNC. [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (cli:952) --graphics compat generated: vnc [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (DistroInstaller:209) DistroInstaller location is a local file/path: /root/NimbleX-64-test.iso [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (DistroInstaller:235) Error validating install location Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 231, in set_location volName=stuple) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py", line 659, in __init__ self.vol_install) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py", line 974, in __change_storage path) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py", line 182, in _check_if_path_managed vol = lookup_vol_by_path()[0] File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py", line 164, in lookup_vol_by_path vol = conn.storageVolLookupByPath(path) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 3387, in storageVolLookupByPath if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virStorageVolLookupByPath() failed', conn=self) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 35, in __init__ err = virGetLastError() NameError: global name 'virGetLastError' is not defined [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] ERROR (cli:438) Error validating install location: Checking installer location failed: Could not find media '/root/NimbleX-64-test.iso'. [Vi, 01 mar 2013 12:59:12 virt-install 15761] DEBUG (cli:441) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 304, in get_install_media validate_install_media(guest, location, cdpath, cdinstall) File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 338, in validate_install_media guest.installer.location = (location or cdpath) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 237, in set_location "Could not find media '%s'." % str(val))) ValueError: Checking installer location failed: Could not find media '/root/NimbleX-64-test.iso'. </div>Running with --disk path=/tmp/test.size=1G I get this: nimblex:~# virt-install --name test --ram 512 --disk path=/tmp/test.size=1G --cdrom /mnt/live/memory/data/NimbleX-64-test.iso -d [Vi, 01 mar 2013 13:07:34 virt-install 16102] DEBUG (cli:220) Launched with command line: /usr/bin/virt-install --name test --ram 512 --disk path=/tmp/test.size=1G --cdrom /mnt/live/memory/data/NimbleX-64-test.iso -d [Vi, 01 mar 2013 13:07:34 virt-install 16102] DEBUG (cli:325) Requesting libvirt URI default [Vi, 01 mar 2013 13:07:34 virt-install 16102] DEBUG (cli:327) Received libvirt URI qemu:///system [Vi, 01 mar 2013 13:07:34 virt-install 16102] DEBUG (virt-install:259) Requesting virt method 'default', hv type 'default'. [Vi, 01 mar 2013 13:07:34 virt-install 16102] DEBUG (virt-install:469) Received virt method 'hvm' [Vi, 01 mar 2013 13:07:34 virt-install 16102] DEBUG (virt-install:470) Hypervisor name is 'kvm' [Vi, 01 mar 2013 13:07:34 virt-install 16102] DEBUG (cli:934) DISPLAY is set: graphics defaulting to VNC. [Vi, 01 mar 2013 13:07:34 virt-install 16102] DEBUG (cli:952) --graphics compat generated: vnc [Vi, 01 mar 2013 13:07:34 virt-install 16102] ERROR (cli:438) global name 'virGetLastError' is not defined [Vi, 01 mar 2013 13:07:34 virt-install 16102] DEBUG (cli:441) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 1015, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 1000, in main guest = build_guest_instance(conn, options) File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 529, in build_guest_instance options.disksize, options.sparse, need_storage) File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 164, in get_disks get_disk(disklist[idx], sizelist[idx], sparse, guest, is_file_path) File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 137, in get_disk dev, size = cli.parse_disk(guest, diskopts) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/cli.py", line 1610, in parse_disk format=fmt) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py", line 659, in __init__ self.vol_install) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py", line 974, in __change_storage path) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py", line 182, in _check_if_path_managed vol = lookup_vol_by_path()[0] File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py", line 164, in lookup_vol_by_path vol = conn.storageVolLookupByPath(path) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 3387, in storageVolLookupByPath if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virStorageVolLookupByPath() failed', conn=self) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 35, in __init__ err = virGetLastError() NameError: global name 'virGetLastError' is not defined ERROR global name 'virGetLastError' is not defined </div>Hope you have some tips for me. </div>Regards, </div>Bogdan </div>